all very well

Idioms  

1. All right or quite true as far as it goes. For example, It's all very well for Jane to drop out, but how will we find enough women to make up a team? This idiom, first recorded in 1853, generally precedes a question beginning with “but,” as in the example. Also see well and good.

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Example Sentences

Little-Pengelly said it is "all very well us sending clear messaging to people about reaching out, getting that help, but of course we need to support women who need to leave in emergency circumstances, including with their children".

From BBC

Demos were all very well, but Dean knew they could be faked.

From The Wall Street Journal

“And it’s all very well being fearless and that, but a little bit of anxiety about insulting everyone you speak to might make you look like less of a thug.”

From Literature

“Which is all very well,” Nighthand burst in, “but this tells us nothing new! There is no Immortal. There hasn’t been for a hundred years. Nobody knows why.”

From Literature

“Do not listen, little future person! Behaving like a wild animal is all very well for your father’s wolfish wards, but it will never do for the heir to this great estate!”

From Literature